Bumper extension fender guard



April 1940- Y H. 1.. LESTER 2,196,561

BUMPER EXTENSION FENDER GUARD Filed 001:. 24, 1938 QTTCRNEYS r 2!; ing the attachment applied to one of the ends-of ing relation with the rear face of the bump 25 40 for the fenders. The attachments are mounted the inner face of the bumper, and with the closed 40' I 45 between its upper and lower runs being less than her to prevent the same from moving in a direc- 45 UNITED" STATES ,P ATENT OFFICE f 96561, 1 I

' BUMPER EXTENSIONFENVDER GUARD I Hampton L. Lester, Charleston, W. Va. Application October 24, 19,38QSerial No. 236,711

3 claims. (01. 293-55 I This invention relates to attachments formowillprevent the attachment from swinging relator vehicle bumpers and has for the primary obtive to the bumper. The clamp engaging porject the provision of an eflicient and inexpensive 'tions 6 extend through openings in sections oat. means of the above stated character which may the clamp." Each section of the clamp combe easily and quickly installed on a bumper to posed of angularly related portions 8, an attach 5 increase the protection of the latter to the motor ing ear 9 and a hook-shaped portion I2. The vehicle and especially the fenders of said moto'r hook-shaped portions I2 of the sections of the vehicle and may be readily adjusted endwise of clamp engage Opp s te edges of the bumper and. said bumper when desired. I the attaching ears 9 are adjustably connected by I 10 With these and other objects in view, this ini a tie bolt l3. The portions 6 'of'the attachment 10 vention consists in certain novel features of conextend through openings formed in certain of struction, combinationand arrangement of parts the angularly related portions 8 of the sections a to be hereinafter more fully described and. of the clamp. v I I a claimed. a The tie bolts 13 of the clamps permit the latter 15 For a complete understanding of my invention, to be easilyadapted to and adjusted on the bumpreference is to be had to the following descrip or. ,The clamps being adjustable'on the bumper tion and accompanying drawing, in which 1 m h attachments be adjust d ndW e Figure 1 is a front elevation showing a motor of the bumper. vehicle and its front bumper equipped with the I What is claimed is: x I

present invention, I 1. Extensions for, vehicle bumpers comprising 20 Figure 2 is a fragmentary rear elevation of a clamps each including separable sections to enportion of the bumper showing the attachment 1 gage opposite edges of a bumper, a'tie bolt conmounted thereon. v necting the sections of .each clamp, guard mem- Figure 3 is a fragmentary top plan view showbers carried by the sections of the clamps in abutthe bumper. r I and extending therebeyond, each guard member Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view taken including a member b into an elongated on line 4-4 of Figure 2: 1 formation with its end'fportions bent to extend Referring in detau t th drawing, th n mertoward each other and received by the sections al I indicatesa motor vehicle and 2 a'bumper of the clamps andbent angularly thereto to de- 30, therefor. In present day motor vehicle construefinespa e Parallel extensions engageable with tion the length of the bumper is less thanthe the-rear face of the bumperat opposite sides of distance between the outer edges of the fenders, the c a ps the l ati n Of e guard memconsequently portions of the fenders are nonhe s to s cur y de g a d ember immovprotected bythe bumpers. To give the fenders bly e a e he per. 4

full protection. by the bumper, attachments} 2. A bumper extension and fender guard for are mounted onthe bumper adjacent the ends. automotive vehicles comprising a [substantially for the purpose of increasing the overall'length of U-shaped guard member mounted on the said the bumper and thereby afford full protection bumper with the spaced arm portions abutting on the bumper 2 by sectional clamps 4'permitting ;end thereof extending longitudinally of the the attachmentsito be adjustedendtvise of the bumper and terminating exteriorly of thecombumper. Each attachment consists of abar bent pass of the vehicle body and forwardly of the to form an elongated loop member 5 the distance fendenand means connected to the guard momthe width of the bumper so thatthe upper and tion away from the Said pe lower runs abut against one face of thebumper. A bumper extension and f guard r The bar after being bent to form the elongated automotive vehicles comprisinga substantially loop portionis bent to provide bracket engaging u-shaped guard mb r positioned with the portions 6 extending at right angles to the upper spaced arm portions abutting the inner face of 6 l and lower runs and opposing each other and ter the bumper'and with the closed end thereof ex- 7 minating in parallel portions 1 to contact'the rear tending longitudinally of the bumper and termiface of the bumper. Theparallel portions] and ating exteriorly of the compass cat the vehicle the upper and lower runs of the elongated loop body and forwardly of the fender, the'free ends v portion engaging the rear face of the bumper of, the said guard memberibeingbenttowar'd 5 the inner face of the bumper at a point suflicientr disposed 1y spaced from the said clamp means to prevent the guard member from pivoting toward the 1 body of the vehicle, said bumper preventing movement thereof in a. direction away from the body of the vehicle. 1

HAMPTON 1,. LESTER. 

